St John's

Founder's Lecture

Dr Ross McKibbin will deliver the 2014 Founder's Lecture at 5pm on 15 May in the Auditorium, St John's. Admission is free and everyone is welcome. Further details: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk.

Subject: 'Can historians write the history of sport?'

University College

Clement Attlee memorial lecture

Rachel Reeves, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, will deliver the Clement Attlee memorial lecture at 5pm on 7 May in the Swire Seminar Room, University College. All welcome.

Subject: 'Clement Attlee and the foundations of the British welfare state'

Institutes, Centres and Museums

Bodleian Libraries

Monographs and open access: Oxford forum with publishers and funders

A discussion forum on the issues around scholarly monographs and open access will be held 2–5.30pm on 18 June in the Radcliffe Humanities Lecture Room. Part of the Bodleian Libraries Open Access series and an opportunity for Oxford academics/researchers to feed into HECFE's Expert Reference Group. Speakers include: Geoffrey Crossick (Chair), HEFCE Expert Reference Group; Cecy Marden, Wellcome Trust; Frances Pinter, Knowledge Unlatched; and Rhodri Jackson, OUP. Free registration: http://courses.it.ox.ac.uk/detail/TZ005.